Metallic joint for frames



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. A. F. TEMPLE.

METALLIC JOINT FOR FRAMES.

No. 364,978. Patented June 14, 1887.

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A. F. TEMPLE.

METALLIC JOINT FOR FRAMES.

Patented June 14, 1887.

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A. P. TEMPLE.

METALLIC JOINT FOR FRAMES.

No. 364,973. Patented'June 14, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

ANSEL F. TEMPLE, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

METALLIC JOINT FOR FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,973, dated June 14,1887.

Application [iled March 1, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANSEL F. TEMPLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskcgou and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Joints forFrames; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of doors,door-casings, screenframes for windows, and other like articles, beingespecially intended for use in the construction of portable houses, butmay be used in other places, the object of the invention being toprovide a cheap and effective connection for the several parts of thedoor or other frame, as well as to furnish a suitable hinge for hangingsaid doors to their frames.

Many devices have been heretofore constructed to serve the purpose of acheap corner connection for the frames of window and door screens; butall of them, so far as my knowledge extends, required the addition ofnails or screws to hold the metallic connection to the wood, and none ofthem served the double purpose of uniting the parts of the frametogether and also forming the hinge upon which the door swings.

My invention therefore consists in providing door or other frames with ajoint-fastening that shall firmly secure the different parts of theframe together, said fastening being constructed as hereinafterdescribed; and, further, in the construction of the fastenings in such amanner that they may serve as hinges upon which the door will swing inthe same manner as when supported by the hinges in common use.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate likeparts in the different figures.

Figure 1 is a front View of a door and its frame constructed inaccordance with my improvement. Fig. 2is a perspective view of one ofthe corner-pieces provided with the hinge Serial No. 229,372. (Nomodel.)

attached, to show more clearly its construction. Fig. 3 is a plan Viewof a door-frame with only one of the side pieces connected to the topand bottom pieces. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one corner of a framewith the corner-piece in place, showing the method of applying the sameto the frame. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show views of the corner-iron detachedfrom the frame. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a coupling-piece usedwhere it is desired to allow one part of a frame to slide upon anotherpart. Figs. 9 and 10 show the construction of a slid ingjoint. Fig. 11is a perspective view of a part of a frame, showing the manner of forming the grooves therein to receive the holdingwings of the slidingconnections or of the cornor-pieces.

In carrying out this invention I prepare the several parts of a door orother frame, the parts of which are to be united by these corner-pieces,as follows: The pieces of which said frame is composed are first dressedto. the proper sizes and then run through a machine containing twocircular saws placed at an angle to each other, the table of the machinebeing adjust able and raised to a point so near the periphery of thesaws as to allow no more of the same than is needed to make the groovesa a of the proper depth to project above said table. The prepared piecesof the frame are then passed over the saws in a plane parallel therewithand controlled in their movement by suitable guides, so that the groovesshall all be of equal depth and at the same distance from and parallelwith one edge of the piece.

\Vhere the frames are intended for the gen eral market, it is preferredto make both the side and cross pieces as long as or a little longerthan the ordinary dimensions of doors and windows as supplied by thetrade, so that in putting the frame together these may be cut to fit theopening they are required to fill.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings a door is shown fitted to the opening in adoor frame for a portable house. As shown, this door-frame is composedof the upright pieces A and the cross-piece A, formed from scantlingabout three by four inches in dimension and of suitable length. Theseparate pieces of this frame are d resscd and provided with the usualrabbet, forming the door-jamb. They are then frame'is formed of the sidepieces or stiles, 13 B, united by the top and bottom cross-pieces,

I B, and an intermediate cross piece or pieces,

B, the inclosed spaces between them being filled by any suitable panel.The cornerpieces by which these several parts are united consist of theplates D, preferably of sheet metal, having the wings a e (which enterthe grooves of the frame) cut from said plates and bent into the desiredposition for entering the grooves a a by means of suitable dies. A lipor lips, e, may also be formed by bending down a portion of the plate toa right angle with its body,which lips arearranged so as to extenddownward at the side of the pieces forming the frame and assist insecuring rigidity to the joints of the same. lf desired, a screw ornail, 0, may be driven into the wood through the lips e, and will stillfurther assist in securing the parts by preventing any movement of themafter they are once in place.

When the'corner or joint connection D is attached to a swinging door, Iprovide those placed upon the hinged side of the same with an extension,c,which forms one halfofahinge, the other half being formed by the plateD, having an extension, 0', thus forming the other half of said hinge,the two being united by the headed pin h, which acts as the pintle ofthe hinge. The plate D is provided 'with wings e a, formed as in thecase of the piece D, by cutting a longitudinal slit'in the plate and twodiagonal slits from each end of said longitudinal slit for a distanceequal to the breadth of the wings. By bending these partially-excisedportions into a proper position the wing is produced, the opening in theplate from which the metal has been displaced to form said wingspresenting a double dovetail in-outline, as shown ati 2. Other openings,as i, may be also formed in the plate for ornamental purposes. As willbe observed in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the connecting-plates whenemployed for the purpose of securing the different parts of a frametogether at other points than its .corners may have a T form, as in theinstance shown, where the cross-piece of the T-shaped connection issecured to the upright side piece of a door, and the other arm to thecentral cross-piece of the same.

As will be apparent, this invention provides of door and screen frames,but when constructed of sufficient strength furnishes an efficient meansfor connecting the joints in the frames of portable houses and otherstructures 'of wood. It will also be seen that frames adapted for unionby this joint can be cut to fit desired spaces and be always ready to gotogether and be fastened at any desired point, thus forming any lengthor width of doorscreen or other frame desired by simply sawing off theparts of "the frame-pieces which may be in excess of the requireddimensions, thus avoiding the use of all tenons and mortises, therebysaving material and labor, while retaining the .full strength of theparts.

As it is sometimes desirable to form screenframes insucha manner thatthey may be adj ustable to doors orwindows of differentwidths, I in suchcases formthe frame in two parts andconnect them by a sliding jointformed but as this sliding joint has been used for other purposes I makeno claim to the same.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, the following: g

1. As an improvement in the means of con necting the parts of a frame,each part being provided with diagonal grooves a a, the combination,with said parts of the frame, of the plat e D, having wings e e to enterthe grooves, and

. a lip or lips, a, secured to the edges of the two parts of the frame,substantially as set forth.

2. As an improvement in metallic connections for the frames of doors,the plates D, having wings e e, which enter diagonal grooves in saidframe,.and a hingeextension, c, in combination with the plate D,attached to the door-post by similar diagonal wings entering grooves insaid post and provided with the hinge-extension c, substantially asspecified.

3. As an improvement in metallic connections for doors, the plates D,having wings e 6 extending diagonally therefrom, for attaching the same,and a hinge-extension, c, in combiwings, e 0, extending diagonallytherefrom, for the purpose of attachment, and a hinge-exten- A'NSEL F.TEMPLE.

Witnesses:

M. CHANDLER,

a ready means not only for uniting the corners ROBERT E. MORRIS.

sion, 0, and the pin h, for connecting said exof a platebent to theshape shown in Fig. 8;

1 nation with the plate D, provided with similar v

